The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-03-17
CHEAP LAND.
n Article Of IntsrssttO Those Seek.
ing Profitable Investments.
The Finest Farm Lands in the Statt
In Lyon County,
Which Can be Purchased at Com
partivsly Low Prices.
The HsaIthlsst Climate to BE- FOunG
in the United States

vi TIC UHILeo cIatsS
To be Found at the Confluence Of
the Nsosho and Cottonwood.
Editor DAILY Nnws:
You have written much of late, and
pertinently, in regard to EmpOria, it,
present and prospective advantages a.
a railroad center; its social, education
al and commercial attractiveness, and
its assured rapid growth in population
and wealth. All these subjects have
been presented and discussed in your
paper with dfrectness and and force
Of statement that leave little if any
thing more to be said in that behalf in
order to convince any reasonable per-
son that the Inducements offered by
Emporia to those seeking profitable
investments inland, and educational
privileges Of 9 high order, and social
comfort and SECURITY cannot be sur
passed in any other. city in Kansas.
and are only equaled by very few
cities in the west. There are
two mattersy however, concern
ing which you have said but
little if anything. These are the COM
parative cheapness Of land in Emporia
and Lyon and adjoining counties and
the favorable characteristics Of the
climate.
CHEAPNEss OF LAND.
Lyon county has been settled for
over twentyeight years and has a pop
ulation Of about q, 900. The city of
Emporia has population of about
IL 900. Lyon county is distinguished
for its fine production farms, its large
and valuable herds of cattle, its collec-
tive wealth and Individual thrift. The
city Of Emporia, las such, is also dis
tinguished for its substantial build
terror beauty and interior finish and
arrangement, rival those of the largest
city, notably the dwelling house of
Maj. Calvin Hood.
The municipal affairs Of the city are
administered with intelligence and en-
terprise, and but few cities of a larger
size can show an equal number of last
ing improvements contributing to
health, comfort and security. How is
ing counties and in the city of Emporia
proper and its suburbs, are still at
low value in comparison with land Of
similar quality and relative position
elsewhere in Kansas? The only an
swer is that that they have not been
adequately brought to the attention of
those seeking investment, or a home.
The glazing advertisements Of many
cities which do not possess 1.-THE of
THE ADVANTAGES OF EMPoRIA
and yet have become, within a brief
period, populous and wealthy, are TO be
found throughout the east in every
place where men congregate. The dem
liens Of every corner grocery store and
saloon in the state of Ohio can tell you
more about Wichita and Garden
City, than the residents Of those cities
have any knowledge Of. Advertising
sheets by the million are the agencies
employed, and the promoters of these
schemes have their prompt reward. I
am not at all inclinedto quarrel with the
sagacity and perseverance Of those who
engineer such means OF presenting the
merits of this place or the other. What
does Vex me is the hardness with
which a city like Emporia and the cir
cumjacent counties have been brought
to the attention of the public. This
region has been allowed through
THE SHEER INDIFFERENCE.
Of its inhabitants, to become short of
''Sleepy Hollow and the tide of emf
grafton, in place of being diverted and
in measure arrested here, has been
permitted to pass by and enrich other
soil. .,.,..
The legitimate result is the present
comparatively low price of land here
sbouts. I venture the attention with
out fear Of contradiction that there is
no land in the state of Kansas of like
quality and approximately as advan-
tageously located, so cheap, or which
offers to q purchaser q more certain
speedy advance in value than that OF
Emporia, including Lyon and adjoining
counties.
OUR HEALTHY CLIMATE.
have resided in the state Of Kansas
perience Of the climate is that for gen.
eral salubrity, free from violent
endemic and epidemic diseases, and
beneficial effect on pulmonary and
bronchial trouble, especially the latter,
it is justly pre-eminent. The number
of physicians here would seem to con-
tradict this statement. But patience,
not patients, is the acquisition Of
fat on their mutual jokes. A Lyon
county doctor who is not witty soon
grows lean and disappears. In fact
the intercourse with medical practi-
TONERS is no where more agreeable
than it is here, as they have so much
leisure to devote to their friends. So
it is, the more doctors the better, and
would rather meet with five hundred
than feel compelled to confine myself
to the visit Of one. The one drawback
to the climate is the sudden and ex-
treme change of temperature. But
the extremes are OF brief duration, and
as only those in very feeble, physical
condition are in a measure afflicted
by these changes. it can hardly
be maintained that they afford grounds
for any serious objection to the climate.
It should be kept in mind that the al
titude of Emporia Is about 800 feet
above tide water As to miasmatic
diseases I venture to assert that they
are not so common here as in New Jer-
sey and New York. The in Familiarity
characterized as
e'SUNNY4KANSAS."
Never was title more truthful. In the
latter part Of last December and the
early part Of January was in the CEN
tral part of Newly rk stat there
were but few days,of sunshine. Chilling
winds, cloudy skies, and low temperar
ture prevailed and much snow fell.
The atmospheric change to which was
thus subjected Formed a striking
contrast with that 10 which was ae--
customed as home, and on one occa-
sion astonished my host by exclaim-
ing: ''Well, it is real pleasant, for the
sake of variety, to- experience such
cloudy weather" presume my start
ling assertion suggested to my friend
the query whether I was
ANGRY or mad or meiancholic."
But was neither; very far from it.
/ was merely the subject Of temporary
reaction caused by change of atmos-
pheric conditions. Let 9 stranger
come and reside here couple Of years.
and he will appreciate my sensations.
The climate Of Kansas is surpassed by